An app designed to help you find the purr-fect pet to adopt is now even easier to use just in time for NBC and Telemundo’s annual Clear the Shelters initiative.

Animal communicator and author Lydia Hiby gives potential dog adopters tips on what to consider before entering the shelter.

Even though they have lower adoption rates, dogs aged seven and older are typically housebroken, less destructive, and calmer than younger dogs.